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Fully cooperating with investigators, however, the allegations certainly raise questions about just how cooperative they've been. if convicted, penny faces up to ten years behind bars. >> all right, linsey davis tonight. linsey, thank you. we have also learned tonight that federal authorities are now investigating the sexual abuse of minors by catholic clergy in pennsylvania. the department of justice has subpoenaed at least seven of the eight catholic diocese in that state. it comes after that searing grand jury report that found credible evidence that 301, quote, predator priests, abused m...

There is more heavy rain on the way. every drop is bad news for people here and in flood-prone areas. a flash flood watch remains in effect through tomorrow morning. david? >> all right, victor oquendo in austin. thank you, victor. a major new arrest in the usa gymnastics scandal tonight. the organization's former president was arrested at a cabin in tennessee overnight, more than a year after he resigned. tonight, months after he pleaded the fifth in front of congress and the country, what he's now accused of doing. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: tonight, the former head of usa gym...

Law that would allow the deal to go through. now despite heated opposition the deal is widely expected to be improved. joining me now, media analyst, social correspondent for vanity fair. how do people know whether they are watching a sinclair station? how do they know? >> the truth is, they don't. sinclair owns affiliates all over the country affiliated with big networks. if you are watching local abc, nbc or fox affiliate in a market you may have no idea that corporate owner of this network has a political point of view. sinclair does not brand its networks. we are like fox news would say, w...

A $3.9 billion deal would give sinclair another 42 stations and ability to reach 72% of u.s. households. that level of dominance opt air waves bay single company is supposed to be outside the bounds of the law. but this spring president trump's very pro business fcc chairman republican pie invoked controversial loophole in the law that would allow the deal to go through. now despite heated opposition the deal is widely expected to be improved. joining me now, media analyst, social correspondent for vanity fair. how do people know whether they are watching a sinclair station? how do they know? ...

We are like fox news would say, we are a conservative network. viewers would know that. sinclair does. market itself as owner of the networks. >> there is a difference between local affiliates, when i grew up in new york i think of the network as the association, right? >> yeah. >> outside of major market you could watch abc in one market that sinclair owned and nbc in another own cbs is another. those letters don't mean anything in terms of the news program. >> of course. that's why this is such a c change possibly in the american landscape where you have ideal logically predisposed company t...